Much Wenlock's Limestone Quarries
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- Author(s) Williams, Glyn
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2014
- Pages 3rd ed; 136pp; illus
- Publisher Ellingham Press
- Place Published Much Wenlock
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- Name National Library of Scotland
- City Edinburgh
- County Lothian
- Country Scotland
- Postcode EH1 1EW
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First published 1990 as 'The Wenlock Limestone Industry. An historical note'. Second edition 1997. Draws on oral and documentary sources.Largely comprises a 'Gazetteer of Limestone Working Sites' [pp37-132], organized by quarry name and providing written profiles, some substantial, of c30 sites. Has introductory chapters: 'The properties of Wenlock Limestone'; 'Methods of preparation'; 'The industrial uses of Wenlock limestone'; 'General background to the industry'. No index. The Coalbrook Co appears as an early operator of some quarries. Other operators are: Ridge Limestone Ltd; William Hayes & Son Ltd; Knowle Lime Ltd; Moore & Shields; A & J Mucklow & Co Ltd; Lilleshall Co Ltd; South Wales & Cannock Chase Coal & Coke Co Ltd; Adam Boulton & Co